at war
idiom
: engaged in a war : fighting
Local politicians were at war with one another over the vacant seat.
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The nations on the Korean peninsula are still technically at war and have been since an armistice marked the end of the Korean War in 1953.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee are officially at war.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Whereas as most games in the series bounce between Mars-adjacent space stations, Earth, and various dimensions that constitute takes on heaven and hell, The Dark Ages is set in another realm, populated by humans at war with demonic forces.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
In the year and a half since then, the two sides have mostly been at war in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and much of the area has been made uninhabitable.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 May 2025
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee are officially at war.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Whereas as most games in the series bounce between Mars-adjacent space stations, Earth, and various dimensions that constitute takes on heaven and hell, The Dark Ages is set in another realm, populated by humans at war with demonic forces.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
In the year and a half since then, the two sides have mostly been at war in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and much of the area has been made uninhabitable.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 May 2025
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“At war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20war. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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